Yasiel Puig

Olympia's Nick Gordon grew up swinging for the fences at some of baseball's most iconic ballparks. From the time he was 6, he stood in the outfield at Wrigley Field, Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium, among other parks, and hit home runs. To him, they were tape-measure shots. "He hit all the team balls into the stands, and when he was finished, he would take off," said Nick's father, Tom "Flash'' Gordon, a major-league pitcher for 21 seasons. "One of the coaches would say, 'Flash, we have to go collect those balls. We need them.' "Nicholas worked on his game every single day." The work paid off for Gordon, Olympia's...

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